Aral Sea August 25, 2000
A massive environmental disaster dubbed “the quiet Chernobyl,” is shown in series of NASA satellite images that reveal the shocking decline of water levels in the Aral Sea. (Photos)
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Drones will freeze pollutants in midair with 176 pounds of chemicals.
China has decided to use drones on the front lines of its “war on pollution.” The drones will fire chemicals into the air, which will freeze pollutants and cause them to fall to the ground. Armed with 176 pounds of chemicals, which is expected to clear a five-kilometer radius, the drones will launch later this month.
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Will cloud seeding work to wash the smog out of the air?
China has a severe air pollution problem. Smog has done everything from grounding planes at major airports to closing schools across the country. China’s smog is so dense that it’s even crept over to Japan and across other parts of Asia. China is working on putting measures into place to combat pollution, but they still need a more immediate solution for clearing up the heavy smog. According to the China Meteorological Administration, he country is putting its hopes on artificial rain.
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Futurist Thomas Frey: Every time I delete spam from my inbox, I feel a tiny piece of my life flitter away.
Sitting needlessly at stoplights, or watching the minutes tick away as I wait in some line, or being forced to fill out yet another form, our precious time is being coopted by everyone from inconsiderate businesses, to overbearing government, to painful security checks at the airport.
Continue reading… “When Wasting Time becomes a Crime”
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This YouTube video about the invention of a plastic-to-oil converting machine went viral and exceeded 3.7 million views. This shows that concern over “the plastic problem” is certainly not going away, despite encouraging bans on and decreases in the use of plastic shopping bags.
Air pollution in India
The World Bank has released a report that says pollution and other environmental degradation costs India $80 billion a year, nearly six percent of gross domestic product.
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Many environmentalists and clean energy supporters cheered when President Obama announced his proposal to limit carbon emissions on existing power plants. But the plan will take years, at the least, to put into action, and perhaps longer — if the power industry has its way.
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Four year old Wu Xiaotian has breathing problems that are linked to air pollution.
A boy in China has a chronic cough and stuffy nose that began last year at the age of 3. When smog across northern China surged to record levels this winter his symptoms worsened. Now he needs his sinuses cleared every night with saltwater piped through a machine’s tubes.
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Smog in Beijing
Beijing, China is frequently shrouded in dense, yellowish smog so thick that the other side of the road is obscured. But over the past weekend the deadly smog that enveloped the city was so bad that air-quality readings from a monitor on the roof of the American Embassy said simply: “Beyond Index”. (Chart)
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Ozone pollution generated in each of the Northern Hemisphere’s major industrialized regions damages six important agricultural crops.
Europe loses 1.2 million tons of wheat a year due to man-made pollution from North America, an new study has found.
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China send the price of CFL bulbs soaring.
China has sent the price of compact fluorescent light bulbs soaring in the United States as it takes steps to fight pollution.
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OK, so the Great Pacific Garbage Patch may not be anywhere near as big as we thought, and some activists think plastic bags are a distraction from the major environmental issues we face. But that doesn’t stop many others from holding up the single-use plastic bag as a symbol of all that is wrong with our consumer culture. Now a viral rap video is making the rounds, calling on cities around the Globe to step up and ban the single-use plastic bag.
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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